Organization of the Third Millennium SchoolClass Sessions:
Class sessions at the Ed-2M school can be organized by content or cross content areas, but do not necessarily need to be organined by grade level. Students have the opportunity to work on their own learning pace and academic level. Differentiated curriculum will be provided to meet the individual needs of all students. This will be achieved by giving enrolled students pre-assessments. Students will lthen be organized into groups based on academic needs. The theories of Wiggins and McTighe (Understanding by Design), Carol Ann Tomlinson, and Robert Marzano can be a starting point in developing proper Project/Problem Based Learning curriculum.
Teacher's role:
The teacher's role will be more "guide on the side", rather than "sage on the stage". This is necessary in the implementation of curriculum, especially technology based curriculum. Technology has many facets for a study to explore with endless opportunities, it is only necessary to allow students to explore their own learning.
Role of Technology:
Technology will help foster, enhance, and support necessary curriculum needed to produce 21st century life long learners. Learners who will be productive members of any every changing technology-based society. Current kindergarten students are being taught to be prepared for jobs that haven't even been created.
Most Important Changes Needed in Schools:
Students and families will have the opportunity to make their own schedules based around vacations, family functions, activities, sports, dance, etc. Students will no longer need to struggle with having "set school time". Students will have the opportunity to also make their own hours, given certain parameters.
Current Changes in Schools:
Schools are making necessary steps in preparing schools for the 21st century by providing inservices for technology hardware and software available in schools. Most inservice time is dealt with online gradbook and online assessments(aka scantron), as well as Smartboard learning.
In my experience in cousework at Kent State, the following group wiki's I have taken part in will support this kind of school system. Below are links to these resources:
Most Important Technologies in an Information Society School:
Mobile Labs, as well as computers for every child both at home and a school. Students will be supplied with Ipads or laptops with online access.
Smartboard
Videoconferencing with webcam
Video cameras
Turning Point technologies (clickers)
Email and "cloud" storage
phone
Microsoft office suite or similar wordprocessing software
Teacher's role in the Information Society School:
Designing higher level, differentiated, constructivist, student -centered, and problem -based curriculum that centers around Common Core curriculum.
Student's role in the Information Society School:
Problem solvers who can manipulate information for purposes of information-processing across and within all content areas. Students will need to make connections within and across curriculums, because curriculum will not be taught in isolation. Students will have opportunties to go far deeper and wider in their learning giving techonology with an emphasis on Common Core curriculum than ever before.
This is what I currently use in my classroom, but would like to make them for technology based. Discovery Questions:
Tiene, D. Ingram, A. (2001) Exploring current issues in educational technology. McGraw HillAdditional Resources:Wang, Z, et. al (2010) A web-based self-testing system with some feature of web 2.0: design and primary implementation . Computers and Education v 55; 265-275
Third Millennium Education School
Ed-3MBlueprintOrganization of the Third Millennium SchoolClass Sessions:
- Class sessions at the Ed-2M school can be organized by content or cross content areas, but do not necessarily need to be organined by grade level. Students have the opportunity to work on their own learning pace and academic level. Differentiated curriculum will be provided to meet the individual needs of all students. This will be achieved by giving enrolled students pre-assessments. Students will lthen be organized into groups based on academic needs. The theories of Wiggins and McTighe (Understanding by Design), Carol Ann Tomlinson, and Robert Marzano can be a starting point in developing proper Project/Problem Based Learning curriculum.
Teacher's role:- The teacher's role will be more "guide on the side", rather than "sage on the stage". This is necessary in the implementation of curriculum, especially technology based curriculum. Technology has many facets for a study to explore with endless opportunities, it is only necessary to allow students to explore their own learning.
Role of Technology:Most Important Changes Needed in Schools:
- Students and families will have the opportunity to make their own schedules based around vacations, family functions, activities, sports, dance, etc. Students will no longer need to struggle with having "set school time". Students will have the opportunity to also make their own hours, given certain parameters.
Current Changes in Schools:Most Important Technologies in an Information Society School:
Teacher's role in the Information Society School:
- Designing higher level, differentiated, constructivist, student -centered, and problem -based curriculum that centers around Common Core curriculum.
Student's role in the Information Society School:Tiene, D. Ingram, A. (2001) Exploring current issues in educational technology. McGraw Hill Additional Resources: Wang, Z, et. al (2010) A web-based self-testing system with some feature of web 2.0: design and pri mary implementation . Computers and Education v 55; 265-275